Efforts to repeal new tax could formally launch this week

Republicans angry that Nevada lawmakers approved a $1.1 billion tax package this spring, just months after voters overwhelmingly rejected a tax hike on the ballot, are launching efforts to repeal it and kick some of its backers out of office. Activists have already set up several fundraising organizations and plan to file paperwork for a ballot referendum and recall as soon as Monday, the first day they’re allowed to do so. “The public overwhelmingly said ‘no’ to a gross receipts-style